Dennis
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Etymology
saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, "follower of (the wine god) Dionysos ".
Proper noun
- .
Quotations
: Act I, Scene I:-
- I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!
- 1944 Mazo De la Roche: The Building of Jalna.Little,Brown&co 1944.
- Each disliked the choice of the other. "Charles is a stern name," she affirmed.
- "Nonsense," said Philip. "It's as agreeable a name as there is. Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story."
- "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted. "'T is a grand name!"
Proper noun
- borrowed from in the 20th century.
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Proper noun
- , an English type spelling of Denis.
Proper noun
- borrowed from in the 20th century.
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Proper noun
- borrowed from in the 20th century.